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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Jan 25, 2023, 3:30 PM MST for Goshen County, Wyoming; Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2023, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2023, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Banner County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Goshen County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 392 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow squall warning went out at Jan 25, 1:57 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 1:57 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 1017 AM MST Wed Jan 25 2023 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>105-107>109-111>115-118- 119-261730- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-East Platte County-Goshen County- Central Carbon County-Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range- Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley- Central Laramie County-East Laramie County- 1017 AM MST Wed Jan 25 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Occasional snow showers will develop over much of the area this afternoon and evening. Locally heavier bands of snow may develop across portions of east central and southeast Wyoming into the Panhandle. One to three inches of snow is possible. Gusty northwest winds up to 40 MPH will create blowing snow and low visibility at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY Gusty west winds of 40 to 50 MPH will be possible Thursday through Friday. An arctic cold front will bring very cold temperatures Sunday through early next week with a chance of snow each day. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required. WYZ106-110-116-117-261730- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- North Snowy Range Foothills-South Laramie Range- South Laramie Range Foothills- 1017 AM MST Wed Jan 25 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Occasional snow showers will produce light accumulations. Gusty northwest winds up to 40 MPH will create patchy blowing snow at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A High Wind Watch is in effect for the North Snowy Range Foothills from 8 AM Thursday to 8 PM Friday. A High Wind Watch is in effect for the Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County, the South Laramie Range and South Laramie Range Foothills from 11 AM Thursday to 2 AM Friday. Winds will be sustained west at 35 to 45 MPH with gusts up to 65 MPH possible. An arctic cold front will bring very cold temperatures Sunday through early next week with a chance of snow each day. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 1:52 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:03 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 55 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 13 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jan 25, 3:55 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Laramie | 35 min |
| Jan 25, 4:33 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 42 min |
| Jan 25, 2:29 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 4:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 30 min |
Nearby
Snow Squall Warnings in Nebraska, 2023Snow Squall Warnings in Wyoming, 2023Every snow squall warning in 2023
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.